Ventilate
['ventɪleɪt] or ['vɛntɪlet]
Definition
(verb.) furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; 'The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space'.
(verb.) circulate through and freshen; 'The gust of air ventilated the room'.
(verb.) expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage; 'Wheat should be well ventilated'.
Checked by Genevieve--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.
(v. t.) To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
(v. t.) To change or renew, as the air of a room.
(v. t.) To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
(v. t.) To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy.
(v. t.) To give vent; to utter; to make public.
Inputed by Allen
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Air.[2]. [Now colloquial, but formerly in good use.] Examine, sift, scrutinize, discuss, canvass.
Edited by Candice
Definition
v.t. to fan with wind: to open to the free passage of air: to cause fresh air to pass through: to expose to examination and discussion: to make public.—adj. Ven′tilable.—ns. Ventilā′brum flabellum; Ventilā′tion act or art of ventilating: state of being ventilated: free exposure to air: supply of air: act of examining and making public: public exposure.—adj. Ven′tilātive.—n. Ven′tilātor that which ventilates: a contrivance for introducing fresh air.
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Examples
- If a waterfall is convenient, air is compressed by the body of descending water, and used to ventilate tunnels, and deep shafts and mines, or drive the drills or other tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There seems to have been as many devices invented to keep a house or building closed up tight while highly heating it, as to ventilate the same and preserve an even, moderate temperature. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They seem to have been of a most interesting character--dummy bell-ropes, and ventilators which do not ventilate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The window was open at the top, so as to ventilate the room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The compressed air conveyed to the drill in the tunnel or mine not only operates the drill, but helps to ventilate the tunnel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Ventilate on the sheltered side of the house. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But all mines must be ventilated by forcing air through them with a fan, and this air must be in sufficient quantity to keep the percentage of gas below a dangerous standard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The rooms are light, thoroughly ventilated, and cleaned at the end of each day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It keeps the processes of politics well ventilated and reminds politicians of their excuse for existence. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He reached down and pulled the light automatic rifle with its ventilated barrel, really a submachine gun built to take the 9 mm. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Windhausen machine was one of the earliest applications for _cooling_ and _ventilating_ ships. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The heating and ventilating of the factory building is accomplished in a modern, scientific manner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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